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The United Nations has warned that Facebook’s platform is contributing to the spread of hate speech and ethnic violence in crisis hit Myanmar. It’s yet another black mark against social media at a time when the tech industry’s reputation as an accelerator of false information is attracting criticism from the highest ...

Media playback is unsupported on your device Media captionBoris Johnson: “We are giving Russia until midnight to explain” The “strength of the support” shown to the UK over the poisoning of former Russian agent Sergei Skripal and his daughter has been encouraging, the foreign secretary has said. Boris Johnson said ...

Image copyright Bishnu Sapkota Image caption The crash is the worst aviation disaster to hit Nepal in years Survivors and witnesses of a plane crash in Nepal have described the chaotic moments when the aircraft went down, killing at least 49 people. The flight, carrying 71 passengers and crew, crashed ...

Troy Williams appears to have made the most of his opportunity.
Williams and the Knicks have agreed on a contract for the rest of the season with partial guarantees for next year as well, according to Yahoo Sports.
The Knicks signed Williams to two 10-day ...

Danish utility company Frederiksberg Forsyning is part of a vehicle-to-grid scheme. Its all-electric vans charge up from the central grid, but at night the roles are reversed. The vehicles’ batteries become an energy store that the grid can draw on to smooth out fluctuations in supply and demand. This is ...

It’s not often we stump trivia expert Willie Ride at Sportsmania Pub in Rosedale, but we finally squeezed a drink out of him last week after Willie Ride could only name four players in this quiz:
“Only seven players have had their number retired by two different ...

The jury weighing corruption charges against former Gov. Cuomo aide Joseph Percoco said for the second time Monday that it can’t come to a unanimous decision.
“After considering the facts and the evidence with open minds, and using your instructions as a roadmap, We remain unable to reach ...

A British mother says she lost nearly all of her limbs after a doctor failed to see she was suffering from sepsis that she contracted while in the hospital.
Magdalena Malec, 31, was forced to wait six months before having both her legs, her right arm and the ...

A report commissioned by European lawmakers has called for more transparency from online platforms to help combat the spread of false information online. It also calls for urgent investment in media and information literacy education, and strategies to empower journalists and foster a diverse and sustainable news media ecosystem. The ...

Media playback is unsupported on your device Media captionTheresa May: Spy poisoned by “military-grade nerve agent” Former spy Sergei Skripal and his daughter were poisoned by a military-grade nerve agent of a type developed by Russia, Theresa May has told MPs. The PM said the government concluded it was “highly ...